Coal and wood cabinet



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H. BRANDT.

GOAL AND WOOD CABINET.

No. 403,456. Patented May 14, 1889.

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(No Model.) r 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. H. BRANDT.

GOAL AND WOOD CABINET.

No. 403,456. Patented May 14, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY BRANDT, OF BROOKLYN, NEY YORK.

COAL AND WOOD CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,456, dated May 14,1889. Application filed January 19, 1889. Serial No. 296,832. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BRANDT, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Coal and lVoodCabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a cabinet for holding coal or coal and woodconveniently at hand in akitchen, store, or elsewhere, to supply fuelfor making and replenishing coalfires; and the invention has for itsobject to provide a simple, comparatively inexpensive, cleanly, andefficient structure of this character.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction andcombinations of parts of the cabinet, all as hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front View of my improved coal and wood cabinet. Fig. 2 isa vertical section thereof, taken on the line :20 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail sectional view showing the coal-dust pan partly withdrawn and thecoal-dust chute closed. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of thecabinet, taken on the line y 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectionalview taken on the line z z in Fig. 4. Fig. dis a plan view of thecoal-dust chute; and Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof, with itsweighted valve closed.

The outer case, A, of the cabinet is provided with a top, which isformed, mainly, of a removable or hinged door, a, which gives access tothe upper main coal bin or compartment, B, for filling it with coal.This bin is formed by the front, back, and opposite side walls of thecase and two inclined bottom boards or plates, 1) 12, causing the bottomof the bin to slope in two directions, or toward the rear and right-handside of the cabinet, to provide thereat an opening or discharge-outlet,b from which the coal falls from the bin into a delivery box or chamber,0, having a door, 0, at the front of the cabinet, Which may be opened toallow necessary supply of coal for a stove or heater to be shoveled fromthe rearwardly-sloping floor a of the chamber.

The right-hand side wall of the cabinet, in connection with a verticalpartition, a, therein, divides that part of the cabinet below thecoal-bin to form at the left hand a wood-box, D, access to which is hadthrough a door, (Z, hung or fitted at the front of the cabinet. At itslower part the wood-box is provided with opposite cleats, e e, on whichmay be supported a board, E, which, when used, forms the bottom of thewo0d-box and provides beneath it a chamber or compartment, F, in whichbrushes, wip in g-el0ths, or other cleaning utensils may be kept, andaccess to which may be had through a lower door, f, fitted at thecabinet front; but should this chamber F notbe desired, the board E maybe placed directly onto the bottom a of the cabinet to enlarge thewood-box, and as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 5 of thedrawings.

The coal-bin bottom board, 1), extends clear across from side to side ofthe cabinet, and to the lower edge of this board, between the lower partof the other inclined bottom board, Z), and the left-hand side wall ofthe cabinet, is fastened, by glue or otherwise, a vertical board orplate, g, thereby forming above the board b and under the board I) asecret compartment, G, above or at the top of the Woodbox, and theexistence of which would not be suspected or apparent by opening thedoor of the box. This compartment G thus serves as a hiding-place inwhich any articles it is desired to preserve secretly may be safelyconcealed from unauthorized persons who would open the wood-box door.This feature of the cabinet is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

The space in the cabinet between its right hand side wall and thevertical partition a, and below the coal-bin B, and at the right hand ofthe wood-box D, is occupied by the above-mentioned coal-delivery chamber0, a lower compartment, H, in which the coal-dust chute I anddust-receiving pan or vessel J are placed, and an upper box orcompartment, K, provided next the bottom board, I), of the coalbin andat the top of or above the coal-delivery chamber. Access is given to thecompartments H K, respectively, by doors h k, fitted at the front of thecabinet. The compartment K is intended to receive paper or other lightfire-kindling materials or substances, which thus are held convenientlyat hand. This compartment K may, however, be dispensed with in so far asother features of my invention are concerned.

At the top of the rear upper part, h, of the coal-dust compartment Hthere is fitted to the rear wall of the cabinet and to the top of theinner upright end wall, 0 of the coal-delivery chamber 0 an inclinedgrating or screen, L, which is made, preferably, of cast-iron, and withits grate-bars tapering from their upper to their lower faces or edgesand separated sufficiently to allow passage through the grating of dustor screenings from the coal,which in passing from the outlet 19 of thecoal-bin falls directly upon and down the grating on its way to thedelivery-chamber 0 through the upper slanting passage or part, 0 of thischamber, which is formed between the rear end wall, 70, of thekindlings-compartment K and the grating or screen L, all as most clearlyshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In order to control the downflow of larger or smaller coal from the binB to the compartment C, so that it shall not flow too freely or shallnot clog at the passages b c, I fit to the under side of the coal-binbottom board, I), in the compartment K a sliding gate or valve,

M, which may be adjusted in its keeper 1% Y and in a slot, m, madethrough or at the top of the wall 70, so as to open the passage 0 nextthe grating L, more or less, as the size of the coal or its desired fiowshall require. Aset-screw or equivalent clamping device, N, is providedat the keeper m to bind or clamp the gate or valve, however it may beadjusted. The gate is preferably made of thin metal, which may quitereadily be forced through or into a body of coal at the passage 0 toallow easy and quick adjustment of the gate, access to which is had byopening the door 70 of the kindlings-compartment.

The dust-chute I (shown detached in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings) maybe made of either cast or sheet metal or other material, and has ageneral downward taper or incline at each of its sides toward itscontracted open lower end or month, 'i, next which the chute is providedwith a pair of lugs, 0 0', to which ispivoted or fulcrumed a valve orplate, 0,

, which at its farther end or edge is provided with a weight, 0,preferably cast onto the valve, and which acts normally to close thevalve to the chute-mouth 2', as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, andthus cut off flow or escape from the chute of coal dust or screeningswhich had fallen into it during the passage of the coal from the bin Bdown the grating L into the delivery-chamber C, and thereby prevent fallof this refuse material onto the floor of the compartment II when thepan or box or vessel J is removed therefrom. The inner or front face ofthe valveweight 0 is so formed that as the box J is pushed fully intoits compartment H the inner end of the box will strike the weight whichholds the chute-valve closed, and will swing the valve open .to allowthe screenings or dust from the chute to fall directly into the box. Aslong as the box holds the valve open, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings, the dust from the screen L will fall through the chute I intothe boxJ; but as soon as the box is withdrawn to empty it or for anyother purpose the weighted valve 0 0 will instantly close the chute andhold in it any dust falling from the screen until the next time thevalve is opened by pushing in the box J under the valve and chute. It isobvious that with this construction the dust or screenings from the coalwill never fall onto the floor of the compartment II, and the constantcleanliness and utility of the cabinet is promoted.

The chute I is preferably provided with an outwardly-projectinghorizontal flange around 8 5 or at its upper edges, andtheseflanges are fitted into grooves made in the walls of the cabinet, and aportion, a of the back wall is made loose to allow the chute to beslipped into place, whereupon this part a is placed 0 into a rabbetedopening of the wall and fastened by screws or otherwise.

I am not limited to the use of a removable chute, I, in the dust-outletbelow theinclined grate or screen L, as I may use instead a fixed 5chute or board or boards forming an outlet, whereat may be fitted aself-closing valve adapted to be opened by insertion of the dust pan orvessel in the lower compartment. Furthermore, this valve may be arrangedin any manner, so it closes automatically and is opened by inserting thedust-receiver-that is to say, the weight closing the valve need not bethe lug or projection on which the ashreceiver acts to open the valve,as a lug or projection separate from the weight or valveclosing devicesmay be provided for contact of the ash-receiver to open the valve fordis charging the ashes from the dust-outlet to the receiver. 1 1 o Allthe inside fixed partitions or parts of the cabinet are preferablyfitted together by tongue-andgroove joints to make a light, strong, anddurable structure, which may be made in any size, and may be finished atthe outside by painting or otherwise to suit the taste or fancy orpurchasing ability of the buyer and user, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-' I 2 1. In a cabinet, the combination, with acoal-bin, a communicating coal-delivery chamber, and a dust-outlet at orbelow the passage between said bin and chamber, of an inclined gratingor screen forming the floor of said pas- I 25 sage and a self-closingvalve fitted at the outlet for the dust below the screen, substantiallyas shown and described, whereby a dustreceiving pan or vessel placedbelow the dustoutlet will open the valvefor discharge of I3 dust intothe vessel and the valve will close to retain the dust when the vesselis withdrawn, as herein set forth.

2. In a cabinet, the combination, with a coal-bin, a communicatingcoal-delivery chamber, and a lower dust pan or vessel compartment, of aninclined grating or screen forming the floor to the passage between thecoal-bin and coal-delivery chamber, a chute fitted below this screen,and a self-closing valve fitted to the chute-outlet and normallyretaining the dust in the chute and adapted to be opened by a pan orvessel placed in the lower compartment, substantially as described, forthe purposes set forth.

an inclined screen, L, forming the floor of 20 the passage 0 a chute, 1,below the screen, and a self-closing valve, 0 0, at the chute-outlet,substantially as herein set forth.

HENRY BRANDT.

Witnesses HENRY L. GOODVVIN, C. SEDGWIOK.

